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Sat, 10 Nov 2018, 11:43 AM

Stock Eliminator Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Stock Eliminator at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 54th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 5526 Dwayne Scheitlin                     6273 Angela Bushmaker             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.030 10.272 103.52                    -0.008 11.920 109.72
        A/SA  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  0.242           K/SA  Dial: 11.91 (+/-):  0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Kirby     ) 0.077 10.327  0.237      (B Bushmaker ) 0.032 12.027  0.017
E1    (J Irving    ) 0.036 10.110  0.010      (B Calvert   ) 0.113 11.965  0.035
 Qualified:            #25 10.137 -0.863                        #3 11.650 -1.000

8:29 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.87 inches, adjusted altitude 1,611 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

Bushmaker starts the day with a -0.008 red light. Dwayne Scheitlin gets the easy win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 339L Randi Lyn Shipp                      5400 Al Corda                     
E3                   0.035 10.604 123.01     ****WINNER****  0.017 10.214 124.66
        D/SA  Dial: 10.58 (+/-):  0.024           B/SA  Dial: 10.18 (+/-):  0.034
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Seaburg   ) 0.020 10.621  0.011      (L Gilley    ) 0.000 10.228  0.028
E1    (J Calvert   ) 0.039 10.799  0.239      (D Dickens   ) 0.007 10.216  0.016
 Qualified:            #11 10.639 -0.911                        #4 10.257 -0.993

Al Corda uses a seventeen light for the hole shot win. MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 19 inches).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   73 Ryan Mangus                             5 Jody Lang                    
E3   ****WINNER****  0.029 10.739 118.91                     0.027 12.040 109.09
        E/SA  Dial: 10.74 (+/-): -0.001           M/SA  Dial: 12.05 (+/-): -0.010
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Rizzoli   ) 0.019 10.765 -0.005      (L Glasbrenne) 0.024 12.143  0.023
E1    (C Scheer    ) 0.024 12.522  1.802      (S Wann      ) 0.020 12.067 -0.013
 Qualified:            #14 10.800 -0.900                       #51 12.158 -0.692

Just 0.002 difference in RT's and Ryan Mangus gets the win. He faces Scheitlin next round.MOV: Double breakout.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  601 Cody Lane                             373 Bill Skillman                
E3                  -0.047 11.201 101.61     ****WINNER****  0.035  8.744 154.33
        G/SA  Dial: 11.03 (+/-):  0.171           FS/A  Dial: 8.78 (+/-): -0.036
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Smith     ) -0.035 11.351  0.271      (N Stein     ) 0.029  8.796 -0.034
E1    (D Gibson    ) 0.033 11.212  0.162      (P Lanciers  ) 0.034  8.840  0.110
 Qualified:            #12 11.094 -0.906                       #20  8.816 -0.884

Bill Skillman gets the red light win.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7411 Jon Irving                            732 Phil Mandella                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.009 10.895 113.35                     0.056 11.211 111.09
        D/SA  Dial: 10.87 (+/-):  0.025           H/SA  Dial: 11.21 (+/-):  0.001
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B O'Connor  ) 0.061 10.925  0.055      (R Bursell   ) 0.039 11.073 -1.077
E1    (S Burton    ) 0.013 10.849 -0.001      (J Stein     ) 0.009 11.310 -0.010
 Qualified:            #52 10.884 -0.666                       #59 24.901 12.751

Great nine light for Jon Irving and the win. He races Corda later. MOV: 0.0233 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  244 Jeff Taylor                                Bye
E3   ****WINNER****  0.024  9.183 144.58     
        FS/B  Dial: 10.00 (+/-): -0.817   
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Cotten    ) 0.047  9.209 -0.001   
E1    (T Gaynor    ) 0.032  9.213  0.013   
 Qualified:            #46  9.238 -0.762                     Bye

Bye run.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  785 Tony Mandella                         795 Brian McClanahan             
E3   ****WINNER****  0.050 10.754 121.41                    -0.005  9.826 120.39
        E/SA  Dial: 10.77 (+/-): -0.016          AA/SA  Dial: 9.67 (+/-):  0.156
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Roderick  ) 0.084 10.767 -0.063      (J Jerome    ) 0.024  9.711  0.001
E1    (G Luneack   ) 0.006 10.813  0.063      (M Williams  ) 0.009  9.710 -0.020
 Qualified:            #13 10.799 -0.901                        #6  9.741 -0.959

Winner races Taylor later.

McClanahan goes red by -0.005. Mandella goes to round four.


 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 1781 Dan Fletcher                         T733 Tim Seymour                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.004 10.266 102.81                    -0.099  9.142 145.41
        FS/E  Dial: 10.03 (+/-):  0.236           FS/B  Dial: 9.18 (+/-): -0.038
 Prior rounds:
E2    (W Kelly     ) 0.003 10.124 -0.006      (C Rayburn   ) 0.090  9.348  0.128
E1                   0.036 10.188 -0.762      (M Svensson  ) 0.065 14.631  5.441
 Qualified:             #1  9.852 -1.098                       #38  9.193 -0.807

Winner races Skillman in the next round.
Another red light, Fletcher gets the free pass to the next round.

8:37 a.m.

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